ERIC Number: EJ821679
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Publication Date: 2008-Oct
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The Fundamental Commitments of Educators
Aloni, Nimrod
Ethics and Education, v3 n2 p149-159 Oct 2008
This article seeks to examine central aspects of the relationship between ethics and education in the beginning of the twenty-first century. Since both ethics and education are practical disciplines that are bound to deal with and are challenged by human predicaments, cultural ills and social evils, it seems that in examining the relations between the two, one is required to go beyond analytic elucidation into a more normative, prescriptive and political discourse. It is in light of this understanding and in light of the catastrophes and social ills that humanity has brought upon itself in the last century that I will argue that the time is ripe for educators around the world to substitute their loyalty to the national, religious and ideological establishments, in their own communities, for a commitment to a universal professional ethics--one that is founded on the tenets of humanism and critical pedagogy. (Contains 9 notes.)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Ethics, Educational History, Social Problems, Religious Factors, Politics of Education, Teaching Methods, Humanism, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Global Approach, Social Responsibility, World Views, Educational Philosophy, Social Justice
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Language: English
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